Milk crate



Aug. w, 192,4. www

C. A. WOOLSEY MILK CRATE Original Filed Oct. 2l. 1922 ateintA uig. 19,

CHARLES A. WOOLSEY, -OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINFSOTA.

Mirar CRATE. y

Application med October 21, 1.922, Serial No. 59 5,Q81. Renewed December 26, 1928.

. To all/whom' it may concer/1i:

" strengthen the v aid' in binding.

Minneapolis,

Be it known that I; CHARLES A. WooLsEY, a citizen of the- United States, resident 'of county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain 4 new and The object of my invention is to provide means on the vlower slats ofA the walls' ofv the crate which will protect them from breakage or damage and will form a comparatively smooth surface for convenience in sliding the crate or platform."

A further object isto provide a runnerlike attachment .for the lower edge of the bottom cratel slats which will not onl crate atthis pointbut wi the walls securely together at the corners, thereby providing a receptacle that is extremely strong and Adurable on the floor of the car 'and adapted to Y'withstand rough usage to which articles fof this kind are frequently subjected. J A

The inventionconsists generally in various'constructions and combinations all as "hereinafter described and particularly point- LL-4 of Figure 3;

`6 and 7 are ed out inthe claims. Y

In the accompanyingdrawings forming vpart o f this spe'mificatlon,-

.Figure 1 1s a sidejview of a milk crate embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a view of crate partiallycin section;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on vthe line 3-3ofFigure 2;

vFigure 4 is a sectional view o n the line the corner of the ect'ive' view of one Iof Figure 5 is per the lower slats or ars removedfrom the' crate.

In the drawin 2 represents the lower side slat or bar o the crate and- 3, the cor responding end slats.

Above the slats 2 and 3, similar slats 4 and 5A are provided; the slat at the top adjacent slat as,

being separated from the rovide a hand-hold and also to a ow free om o fci'rculation of air through the crates when they are stacked or piled one upon the other. Angle plates the inside an outside of thecrate, and

Acorner plates 8 are provided at -the lower ends of the angle lates and secured through the walls by a -suitable means such as rivets are rigidly secure rovided at'the corners onv 9 `andareradapted to form feet to Vprotectthe corners of thecrate yand form a'substantial 'support therefor when they are piled upon a car door or platform or upon one another. Forf'the pur edgesof'the s ats of' the crate, I provide metallic straps or bands 10 fitting the lower ed es correspondin substantially tothe w1 th of the same an secured thereto by rivets 11. As shown at 12 in `Figure 2, 'the Aextend entirely throu 'h the slatsfand their upper end s are heade uponsnitable' washers so that the bands are firmly. secured to the lower exposed edges of the slats and form runner-like surfaces on which the crate mag be moved.

the-ends, the. slats have recesses 13 therein and the bands are offset at 14 to fit these .recesses vand lacing wires 15 are vprovided having -hooked ends 16 which pass ends of the bands 10 and through the through the inwardly turned ears- 17 of the angle corner plates and also through ears 18 which are formed on said plates and in between the longitudinal abutting edges of the slats, forming the wall of the crate. The end walls have their lower slats ,provided with bands 10 corwardly turned se ofprotecting the lowerI c responding to the ,one describedwith reference to the side walls, and secured inthe same manner to the-lower slats of the end walls.' In' this 'wa ,fthe protecting bands to the. lower slats -of the crate and the end Vslats .abut those on 'the side, and the joint between them is plates and the plates 8 In thisway,'there is a continuous metallic surface covering the entire vexposed Vlower edges of the crate notonly at the 'corners but" between the corners, and the crates may be moved 'or and end yslats corner plates',

said end slats abutting the side slats at vthe f concealed and protected by the angle corneras roughl Aas -are wit out rio 2. A milk crate having bottom, side', and

vend slats metallic bands fitting the lower edges of said slats and secured thereto, the

s of said slats being in abutting relation at the corners ofv the crate, angle plates covering and concealing the joint between the abutting ends of said slats, and a lacing means passing throu h said slats and said corner plates, and said bands, and securing them together.

3. A crate having side and end slats at the bottom, metallic bands fitting the lower es of said slats and secured thereto, the

s of said slats being recessed, and said` bands being offset to fit said recesses, and corner plates secured to said slats and concealingthe joint between them, and fitting said recesses,.the under surfaces of said corner plates being fiush substantially with the corresponding surfaces ofsaid bands.

4. A container having side and end walls, metallic `bands fitting. the lower edges of said walls and secured thereto and 'forming runners for moving the container from" place to place, the abutting lowerl edges of said walls being recessed and said bands having offsets therein to enter said recesses,

means for covering said recesses and the joints between the bands of said side and end walls, and lacing means passing-through the ends of said bandsand said walls and binding them together.

5. .A container having side and end walls, metallic bands tting the lower edges of said walls and secured theretov and forming runners for moving thecontainer from place to place, the abutting lower` edges `of said walls being recessedand said bands having offsets therein to enter. said' recesses, means for covering said recesses and 'the joints betlvlveen the bands ofl said side and end wa s.

6. A container having side yand end walls,

metallic bands fitting the lowerI edges of said Walls and secured thereto and forming runners for movin the container from place to place, the a utting lowered es of said walls beingrecessed andsaid ands having offsets to enter said recesses, and corner irons for covering said recesses and the joints between the bands of said side and end walls.

7. A container having side and end walls, metallic bands ttin the lower edges of said walls andsecure thereto and formingV runners' for moving the container from place to place, corner irons forcovering the joints between the bands of said side and ends walls and having their under surfaces. Y

flush substantially with the corresponding surfaces of said bands.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto'set my hand this 18th day of October, 1922.

CHARLES A. WOOLSEY. 

